Our reading recommendations of the week #22/17

I don’t know about where you live, but in Lyon, France, the sun has started to shine a lot and the time of slowing down sports activities has come: it is now time for a relaxing time under the trees at lunch time or in the evening, with a good reading!

Here are our weekly recommendations to welcome your chilling moment:

Talking about test data

’99 second introduction’ series: learning testing

The testing social network

Test data at first. Have you ever felt not inspired when having to use various test data, or do you find that you always use the same data patterns? The article “Improving test data” from James Sheasby Thomas describes those problematics and is looking for ways of improving our approach to test data. His thoughts are detailed and raise our attention onto something that we may use everyday without even blinking.

While we are talking about testing community, are you also wondering how to get access to more resources and getting involved with other similar peers? This summary of a Meetup presentation in the UK, “The testing social network”, by Lee Marshall, will give you a broad vision of the landscape of software testing community.

Enjoy those readings under that shadowy tree that you have found to protect yourself from the sun, and see you next time!